Fact Sheet: Department of Justice Comprehensive Efforts to Fight Gang Violence / U.S. Department of Justice, 28 Marh 2008
http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2008/March/08_ag_239.html
"The Department of Justice has enacted a comprehensive plan across its many components to effectively fight and limit the impact of gang violence nationwide."

Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking Project / Share Hope International, 26 March 2008
http://www.sharedhope.org/dmst/
Shared Hope International (SHI) has identified a startling trend: American children are victims of the sex trade and they are being trafficked within the United States. SHI research reveals that Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking (DMST) is a critical problem in many locations across the U.S.
Reports available:
Clearwater, Florida
PDF - http://www.sharedhope.org/files/FINAL_Clearwater_032408.pdf
Las Vegas, Nevada
PDF - http://www.sharedhope.org/imgs/files/FINAL_Las_Vegas_proof_031908.pdf

Freedom Of Information: Should policy discussions be kept under wraps? / Independent, 28 March 2008
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/freedom-of-information-should-policy-discussions-be-kept-under-wraps-801721.html
"The Government argues that policy decision-making requires 'space to think' and should remain safe from prying eyes. Is this in the public interest? asks Maurice Frankel"

Use your imagination, civil servants told / Guardian, 31 March 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/mar/31/civil.servants?gusrc=rss&feed=politics
"Thousands of government workers to gather in London to become "agents of change" in attempt to transform Whitehall's inner workings."

Fit for purpose yet? The Independent Asylum Commission's Interim Findings / 27 March 2008
PDF - http://www.independentasylumcommission.org.uk/files/Fit%20for%20Purpose%20Yet.pdf

Brief Motivational Interviewing Intervention Shows Promise for Reducing Teen Marijuana Use
Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 26 November 2007
http://digbig.com/4wqjq
Elizabeth J. D'Amico, Jeremy N. V. Miles, Stefanie A. Stern, Lisa S. Meredith
"Teens who experience problems from using alcohol and other drugs are at risk for having substance abuse disorders later in life. Most teens, however, do not seek help for their substance use. RAND developed and pilot-tested an intervention for a primary care setting to reach at-risk teens."
[Sub required]

Beyond Naturalisation: Citizenship policy in an age of super mobility / IPPR, 11 March 2008
PDF - http://www.ippr.org/members/download.asp?f=%2Fecomm%2Ffiles%2Fbeyond%5Fnaturalisation%2Epdf
Jill Rutter, Maria Latorre and Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah
A research report for the Lord Goldsmith Citizenship Review
"This report examines how a government committed to progressive notions of citizenship might respond to the fact that fewer people are willing to take up British citizenship or able to establish long-term roots within communities. In other words, we ask how government can promote citizenship among a population that includes growing numbers of non-citizens."

One London? Change and cohesion in three London boroughs / IPPR, 26 March 2008
PDF - http://www.ippr.org/members/download.asp?f=/ecomm/files/one_london.pdf&a=skip
"The paper is based on research undertaken in three London boroughs that differ from one another in important respects: Barking and Dagenham, Hounslow and Southwark."

Two reasons Why IT Projects Continue To Fail / cio.com, 20 March 2008
http://advice.cio.com/remi/two_reasons_why_it_projects_continue_to_fail?source=nlt_cio_ao
"Estimates for coding times are now relatively accurate. The problems? 1) Project managers rarely account any extra time between design and development and 2) QA is still not understood properly. Both issues cost IT dearly."

Anger over slave trader pub name / BBC, 27 March 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/7315998.stm
"Race equality campaigners are angry after a Devon city centre pub changed its name to honour the 16th Century slave trader John Hawkins."

60,000 new doctors will target problem drinkers / Government News Network, 14 March 2008
http://digbig.com/4wqdc
"Sixty thousand new doctors will be specifically trained in the next ten years to identify and treat people who are drinking too much. Medical schools have been allocated £650,000 to do a scoping exercise next financial year to see how alcohol misuse training can be added to the curriculum."

Threatened Iraqis to settle in UK / BBC, 26 March 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7313226.stm
"Some 2,000 Iraqis may be flown to Britain from next month to start a new life under a £25m government programme. Interpreters and other staff who have worked for the UK government are being offered a one-off payment or the chance to settle in the UK with their family.
The new arrivals will be given help finding accommodation and settling down from Migrant Helpline, a charity which provides advice and support to asylum seekers and refugees in the UK."

Handbook on the Protection of Women and Girls / UNHCR, January 2008
PDF - http://www.unhcr.org/protect/PROTECTION/47cfa9fe2.pdf
" The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) recently released the Handbook on the Protection of Women and Girls. It describes some of the protection challenges faced by women and girls of concern to the UNHCR and outlines some of the strategies for dealing with these challenges. The handbook is intended to be used in situations of asylum, internal displacement, return, integration and statelessness."

The Destitution Tally: an indication of the extent of destitution among asylum seekers and refugees / Refugee Council, January 2008
PDF - http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/37B6CBE3-A34D-4992-A43B-629BC6795275/0/IAPDestitutionTally_Jan08.pdf
"For 4 weeks in November and December 2007 the 5 agencies which make up the Inter-Agency Partnership on Asylum Support asked their One Stop Services to record the proportion of the people who use their services who are destitute. They also recorded whether those people have an outstanding asylum claim and whether they have claimed asylum since the introduction of the New Asylum Model. The results of this simple monitoring exercise are explained in this paper."

FRONTEX: the EU external borders agency: report with evidence: 9th report of session 2007-2008 / TSO, 5 March 2008
PDF - http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200708/ldselect/ldeucom/60/60.pdf
HL Paper 60

Antisocial conduct and decision making about aggressive behavior influence each other in teens / eurekalert.org, 25 March 2008
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-03/sfri-aca031908.php
"A new study challenges the idea that antisocial behavior is relatively unchangeable during the teenage years. The study found that decision making and behavior among adolescents are related across time, and that efforts to help may be more effective if they address how adolescents make decisions about acting aggressively."
Testing an Individual Systems Model of Response Evaluation and Decision (RED) and Antisocial Behavior Across Adolescence
Child Development, March/April 2008, Vol. 79 Issue 2, pp 462-475
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.01136.x
Reid Griffith Fontaine, Chongming Yang, Kenneth A. Dodge et al
[Sub required]

Immigration, faith and cohesion: evidence from local areas with significant Muslim populations / Joseph Rowntree Foundation, 19 March 2008
PDF - http://www.jrf.org.uk/bookshop/eBooks/2189-immigration-faith-cohesion.pdf

Firms' biometrics records "can be hacked" / Computerworld UK, 19 March 2008
http://www.techworld.com/security/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=11748
"Fujitsu Siemens said biometrics is increasingly being used in the business world to verify whether individuals really are who they say. By 2013, Fujitsu Siemens predicts biometric identity technology will be so widespread in the private sector that the number of people included would rival that of the proposed national ID schemes. [...]
But the tracking and monitoring of people could be a risk if security controls were not tightened up, the IT company said..."

Government flexes its shared service muscle / silicon.com, 20 March 2008
http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39170443,00.htm
"The Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) has signed on to a managed desktop shared service run by Fujitsu Services. The service - Flex - was originally set up for the Cabinet Office and will cost Cafcass £25m over the next seven years."

An Undeclared war on women / New Statesman, 24 March 2008
http://www.newstatesman.com/200803240001
Trevor Phillips
"Alarming levels of violence against women continue to undermine real progress towards gender equality."

Sustainable Development Report 2006-07: Custodial property / NOMS, Ministry of Justice, 14 March 2008
http://digbig.com/4wpty
"The fifth annual Sustainable Development Report, covers progress made by both the Prison Service and Custodial property in addressing its commitments, aims and targets regarding sustainable development. Some of the achievements covered in the fifth annual report include:

Piloting of inter-seasonal and ground source heat in new building projects
Meeting or exceeding more demanding targets for waste management and recycling
Continuing to reduce the consumption of water and electricity per cubic metre despite increasing prison population.
Rolling out the Prison Service Environment Manual across the remainder of the Areas
Achieving Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM)."

The national security strategy of the United Kingdom: Security in an interdependent world / Presented to Parliament by the Prime Minister, by command of Her Majesty, 19 March 2008, Cm 7291
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wptt
"This strategy draws on the wide range of knowledge and activity across departments, agencies and forces which contributes to a single overarching national security objective of protecting the United Kingdom and its interests. It sets out the lessons learned from recent years, including experiences of terrorism and civil emergencies, not just in the UK but also overseas."

Youth taskforce action plan: give respect, get respect-youth matters / Department for Children, Schools and Families, March 2008
PDF - http://www.everychildmatters.gov.uk/_files/YouthTaskActionPlan.pdf
"The Youth Taskforce Action Plan sets out a strong package of actions and funding to make tackling anti-social behaviour a top priority. It also sets out plans to do even more to tackle the root causes of bad behaviour and prevent young people getting involved in the first place. This page gives more information."

Report to the Department of Health and Ministry of Justice: Executive Summary: Review of Prison-Based Drug Treatment Funding: Final Report, December 2007 / Ministry of Justice, 17 March 2008
PDF - http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/prison-drug-review.pdf
"This is the final report to the Department of Health and Ministry of Justice from a review of how existing resources for drug treatment in prisons could be used more effectively."

Business Continuity Management 2008 /Chartered Management Insititue
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wptn
"This independent report looks at the need for organisations, including local authorities, to have contingency plans in place so they can continue their work in the case of an emergency like the summer 2007 flooding."

Provision of FP10 and FP10[MDA] prescription forms by HM Prison Service for released prisoners: guidance for England only / Department of Health, 13 March 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wptj
"This guidance is for offender health and NHS professionals, organisations and those who dispense prescriptions for released prisoners. It describes changes that will enable prisoners released from prisons and young offender institutions to be issued with a special prescription form to improve continuity of care on release."

Murder, Manslaughter and Infanticide: An EasyRead report on plans to make changes to the law about killing people / Law Commission, 17 March 2008
PDF - http://www.lawcom.gov.uk/docs/lc304_easyread_web.pdf
"This is an easy-read version of a Law Commission report on reforming the laws of homicide, including murder, manslaughter and infanticide."

[USA] Study aims to clear haze surrounding pot addiction / San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 March 2008
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/science/20080314-9999-1n14dope.html
Terri Somers
"But much less is known about marijuana, the nation's most widely used and socially accepted illicit drug. Our knowledge of marijuana is often based on personal experience, observation or anecdotes, despite a growing collection of scientific studies on the topic. Scripps Research Institute addiction expert Barbara Mason hopes to change that, and to help find novel treatments for addiction to marijuana, with some solid scientific data."

[US] Curbing teen drinking difficult in urban areas / University of Florida, 17 March 2008
http://news.ufl.edu/2008/03/17/alcohol-3/

[USA] Youths Who Use Stimulants Nonmedically More Likely to Report Illicit Drug Use and Other Delinquent Behaviors
CESAR FAX, March 3, 2008 Vol. 17, Issue 9
PDF - http://www.cesar.umd.edu/cesar/cesarfax/vol17/17-09.pdf
US. University of Maryland

The National Drug Strategy: a guide for local partnerships interim update 2008 / London Drug Policy Forum, March 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wpsy

Methadone: a necessary evil / BBC News [West Midlands], 19 March 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/7301717.stm
"Methadone can be highly addictive and dangerous and has been linked to the deaths of several drug addicts' children. So why does the NHS pay for it to be routinely prescribed to thousands of heroin addicts across the country?"

Can production and trafficking of illicit drugs be reduced or merely shifted? / World Bank, 18 March 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wpsx
Reuter, Peter
"The production of cocaine and heroin, the two most important drugs economically, has been concentrated in a small number of poor nations for 25 years. A slightly larger number of developing nations have been affected by large-scale trafficking in these two drugs. Efforts to reduce drug production and trafficking have not been subject to systematic evaluation but the best interpretation of the available evidence is that they have had minimal effect on the quantities produced or trafficked. It is reasonable to conclude that international drug control efforts can do more to affect where these drugs are produced rather than the quantity. If that is the case, and given that spreading a specific level of production or trafficking to more rather than fewer nations probably decreases global welfare, it may be appropriate to consider a less aggressive stance to current producers and to make strategic decisions about the location of an industry producing a global bad."

The Historical foundations of the narcotic drug control regime / World Bank, 12 March 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wpsw
Buxton, Julia
"This paper outlines the institutional history of the international narcotic drug control regime. The paper argues that the contemporary control model is ill-positioned to address the dynamic and rapidly changing nature of the global narcotics trade. The persistence of anachronistic guiding first principles, specifically the utopian idea of prohibition, is identified as the key impediment to the adoption of a more humane and effective policy approach. But while there is growing pressure for a revision of founding ideas, this is not supported by a host of powerful actors."

The Operational limitations of Police Aviation Units: Why can't they respond? / Officer.com, 17 March 2008
http://digbig.com/4wpst
KENNETH J. SOLOSKY

Immigration, faith and cohesion: Evidence from local areas with significant Muslim populations / Joseph Rowntree Foundation, 19 March 2008
PDF - http://www.jrf.org.uk/bookshop/eBooks/2189-immigration-faith-cohesion.pdf
Hiranthi Jayaweera and Tufyal Choudhury
"This report examines the significance of different dimensions of cohesion – including social interaction, participation and belonging – on the lives of Muslims and people of other faiths or of no faith, both recent arrivals and established residents, living in the London borough of Newham, Birmingham and Bradford. It provides new insight into people’s experience of cohesion and community at a time when policy is focusing on community cohesion at the local level, particularly in relation to the arrival of significant numbers of new migrants in some areas."

Data Protection - Protecting People: A Data Protection Strategy for the Information Commissioner’s Office / ICO, March 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wpss

Judges reject Islamic 'phone marriage' with woman in Bangladesh / Times, 19 March 2008
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article3583529.ece
"The Court of Appeal has refused to recognise a marriage involving an autistic British man that is legal under sharia"

Police trying out national database with 750,000 mugshots, MPs told / Guardian, 19 March 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/mar/19/ukcrime.humanrights
Alan Travis
"· Offenders' faces tracked through CCTV images
· Scheme part of 'hi-tech revolution on the beat'"

[USA] NIST Requests Comments on Proposed Biometrics Lab Program / GovTech.com, 5 March 2008
http://digbig.com/4wpjp
"The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking public comments on a proposed new programme to accredit testing laboratories that evaluate biometrics-based identification systems. The proposed Biometrics Laboratory Accreditation Program would assess the ability of candidate laboratories to evaluate biometric technologies such as facial, fingerprint, retinal and voice recognitions against recognised national and international standards."

[USA] Bush calls for tighter cybersecurity / USA Today, 13 March 2008
http://digbig.com/4wpjn
Richard Wolf
"A sudden spike in the number of successful attacks against federal government information systems and databases has led President Bush to propose a multibillion-dollar response."

[USA] The Impact of Unilateral Divorce on Crime / Institute for the Study of Labor, March 2008
PDF - http://ftp.iza.org/dp3380.pdf
Julio Cáceres-Delpiano ; Eugenio Giolito
IZA DP No. 3380

Canada: Record number of immigrants in 2007 / WorkPermit.com, 17 March 2008
http://www.workpermit.com/news/2008-03-17/record-number-immigrants-canada-2007.htm

Italy and France use Dublin airport for deportations / Irish Times, 12 March 2008
http://digbig.com/4wpjh
CONOR LALLY
"A GROUP of Ghanaian nationals was deported from Dublin, having been assembled here from a number of European countries before being sent home."

Local experiences of migration: Consulting Coventry / Information Centre about Asylum and Refugees, February 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wpje
Kim Ward

Use of Methamphetamine Among U.S. Workers and Job Applicants Drops 22 Percent in 2007 and Cocaine Use Slows Dramatically, Reports Quest Diagnostics / Quest Diagnostics, 12 March 2008
http://digbig.com/4wpjc
"Findings from Quest Diagnostics Drug Testing Index® also show that overall drug positivity remains at record lows"

[USA] Constitutional Limits on Hate Crime Legislation / Congressional Research Service, 20 February 2008
PDF - http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RS22812_20080220.pdf
Alison M. Smith ; Paul Starett Wallace, Jr.

[Denmark] Young Immigrants Largest Threat to Society / Brussels Journal, 15 March 2008
http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/3095
Filip van Laenen
"The children of immigrants are the largest threat to Danish society, says Torsten Hesselbjerg, head of the Danish police. They are responsible for the heaviest forms of crime, drugs dealing, but for them, honor, prestige and power are parts of the game too."

How big an eco-hazard is IT equipment?: A hard charge to make stick... / The Register, 16 March 2008
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/16/it_carbon_footprints/
John Lettice
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Businesses may be forced to pay for e-crime police / silicon.com, 17 March 2008
http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39170376,00.htm
Nick Heath
"But bosses say public money needs to be at the heart of it."

The Effects of Naturalization on Immigrants’ Employment Probability (France, 1968–1999) / Institute for the Study of Labor, February 2008
PDF - http://ftp.iza.org/dp3372.pdf
Denis Fougère ; Mirna Safi
IZA DP No. 3372
"Naturalization is usually regarded as an important sign of civic and political integration amongst immigrants, but it can also be seen as a factor of their economic integration. The aim of this study is to analyze the naturalization phenomenon in France and examine its link with the immigrants’ labor force status. We find that naturalisation has a significant positive effect on immigrants’ employability and that this effect is particularly high for groups of immigrants who have a low probability of employment in the host country."

The European Migration Policy Centre: a new platform linking policy-making and research / Europa, 11 March 2008
http://digbig.com/4wpjb

Sustainable Development Action Plan / Ministry of Justice, 14 March 2008
PDF - http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/sustainable-development.pdf
"The sustainable development action plan sets out how the Ministry of Justice and its agencies will improve their performance under the government's sustainability agenda and meet targets for sustainable operations on the government estate."

Talent Management for the Twenty-First Century / Harvard Business Review, March 2008
http://digbig.com/4wpja
Peter Cappelli
"Every talent management process in use today was developed half a century ago. It’s time for a new model. Failures in talent management are an ongoing source of pain for executives in modern organisations. Over the past generation, talent management practices, have by and large been dysfunctional, leading corporations to lurch from surpluses of talent to shortfalls to surpluses and back again."

The Edge: Issue 27 / ESRC, March 2008
PDF - http://www.esrcsocietytoday.ac.uk/ESRCInfoCentre/Images/edge27_tcm6-26069.pdf
"The Edge brings the latest and most topical social science research to key opinion formers in business, government and the voluntary sector.
Contents:
Editorial: Making a difference
Features:
Sustainability and security in an uncertain world
Social science research shapes our world
Nine years at the edge
Opinion: Social scientists need to engage with the public
Research Specials:
Making a difference: the environment
Making a difference: internet security

National Probation Service Bulletin: Issue 96 / National Probation Service, 10 March 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wphy
Contents:
051/08 Refresh of Assessment and Evaluation Manuals for Accredited Offending Behaviour Programmes
052/08 Merged Prison Name Announced
053/08 National Audit Office (NAO) Reports
054/08 Alcohol Best Practice - Projects Outputs 2008
055/08 NAPO Directory - Incorrect Numbers
056/08 Issued Recently

National Probation Service Bulletin: Issue 95 / National Probation Service, 10 March 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wphx
Contents:
044/08 Drug Strategy Launched
045/08 Prison Population
046/08 NOMS Domestic Abuse Reference Group
047/08 Clearsprings Acceptance Criteria and Bail Accommodation and Support Scheme (BASS) National Level Briefing Lines
048/08 Incorrect Entry in NAPO Directory
049/08 Suffolk Probation Area Launches New Website
050/08 Issued Recently

Working Together to Protect the Public: the Home Office Strategy 2008-11 / Home Office, 6 February 2008
PDF - http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/documents/strategy-2008?view=Binary

New forces start training programme to further improve performance / Government News Network, 3 March 2008
http://www.gnn.gov.uk/Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=357146&NewsAreaID=2
"Four police forces [have] started a police training programme to further improve performance and give the public an even better policing service.
The QUEST academy and training programme has been developed to give frontline police officers the freedom and the skills to improve operational performance. It gives frontline police the skills to analyse their work and streamline work processes so they can work more effectively."

Local Criminal Justice Board Effectiveness: a national survey into effective performance management and local performance / Ministry of Justice, 29 February 2008
PDF - http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/local-criminal-justice-board.pdf

Educational inequality and juvenile crime: an area-based analysis / DCSF, 28 February 2008
PDF - http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/research/data/uploadfiles/DCSF-WBL-02-08.pdf
"This study examines the relationship between educational inequality and juvenile conviction rates for different offences for three recent cohorts of young people in England. The research is innovative in the application of statistical methods to provide a robust estimate of the relationship between educational inequality and crime."

"No recourse", no safety: the Government's failure to protect women from violence / Amnesty International / Southall Black Sisters, 13 March 2008
PDF - http://www.amnesty.org.uk/uploads/documents/doc_18308.pdf

Budget 2008 - Stability and Opportunity: Building a Strong, Sustainable Future / TSO, 12 March 2008
PDF - http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/hc0708/hc03/0388/0388.pdf
HC 388

Report of Her Majesty's Inspector of Constabulary 2005-2007 / TSO, 13 March 2008
http://inspectstage.homeoffice.gov.uk:8080/hmic/docs/HMIC_ANNUAL_REPORT_130308.pdf HC 163

Near misses in police custody: a collaborative study with Forensic Medical Examiners in London / IPCC, 12 March 2008
PDF - http://www.ipcc.gov.uk/ipcc_near_miss_report.pdf
IPCC Research and Statistics Series: Paper 10

Reducing Drug Use, Reducing Reoffending: Are programmes for problem drug-using offenders in the UK supported by the evidence? / UK Drug Policy Commission, 17 March 2008
PDF - http://www.ukdpc.org.uk/resources/RDURR_Full_Report.pdf
Reducing Drug Use, Reducing Reoffending: Are programmes for problem drug-using offenders in the UK supported by the evidence?: Summary / UK Drug Policy Commission, 17 March 2008
PDF - http://www.ukdpc.org.uk/resources/RDURR_Main_Summary.pdf
Prison risks doing more harm than good for the rehabilitation of drug users, says UK Drug Policy Commission / UK Drug Policy Commission, 17 March 2008
PDF - http://www.ukdpc.org.uk/resources/RDURR_Press_Release.pdf
[PRESS BRIEFING]

Managing Migration: The Global Challenge
POPULATION REFERENCE BUREAU, March 2008, Vol. 63, No. 1
PDF - http://www.prb.org/bulletins/63.1migration.pdf
Philip Martin and Gottfried Zürcher

[Scotland] Drinking and Driving 2007: Prevalence, Decision Making and Attitudes / Scottish Parliament, 12 March 2008
PDF - http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/214430/0057243.pdf
Emma Collins, Nicola Dickson, Chris Eynon, Andrea Kinver and Pat MacLeod
Transport Research Series

Data Protection and Human Rights: Fourteenth Report of Session 2007–08: report, together with formal minutes, and oral and written evidence / TSO, 14 March 2008
PDF - http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt200708/jtselect/jtrights/72/72.pdf
House of Lords ; House of Commons
Joint Committee on Human Rights
HL Paper 72 ; HC 132

[Australia] AUSSIE DRINKERS IN DENIAL? / Alcohol Education and Rehabilitation Foundation, 13 March 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wpea
"New research indicates Australians taking an "It’s not me, it’s them" attitude towards drinking. 79% of Australians surveyed did not believe they drink too much and claimed they did not binge drink over the holiday period. Binge drinking is typically defined as consuming six or more standard alcoholic drinks in one sitting."

[Australia] Police 'hit list' drawn up to catch drug-using officers / The Age, 14 March 2008
http://digbig.com/4wpdx
Dan Oakes
"SENIOR police have drawn up a hit list of officers to be drug-tested as soon as a new law is passed. The law, expected to be passed in June, will allow Victoria Police to test employees if they have been involved in a "critical incident", such as a shooting or high-speed chase resulting in an injury, or if there is a reasonable suspicion that they have been abusing drugs."

End of custody licence releases and recalls: 1 to 31 January 2008: England and Wales / Ministry of Justice, 29 February 2008
PDF - http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/stats-ecl-0108.pdf

Population in Custody: Monthly Tables: January 2008 England and Wales / RDS NOMS, 29 February 2008
PDF - http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/population-in-custody-jan08.pdf

Drug Interventions Programme (DIP) E-bulletin - February 2008 / Home Office
http://digbig.com/4wpdc
"Provides a monthly update provides information on developments in the Drug Interventions Programme."

Drug Interventions Programme (DIP) E-bulletin - January 2008 / Home Office
http://digbig.com/4wpdb
"Provides a monthly update provides information on developments in the Drug Interventions Programme."

Drugs E-bulletin: January 2008 / Home Office
http://digbig.com/4wpcy
"This monthly newsletter is produced by the Home Office and aims to keep you up to date with developments around the national drugs strategy,the latest publications, and conferences."

Alcohol information pack for offenders under probation supervision / NOMS, 28 February 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wpcm
Interventions & Substances Abuse Unit
"This document provides offender managers with clear guidance and tools to identify offenders with alcohol misuse needs, deliver brief interventions to offenders with lower-level alcohol problems and offer support and onward referral to those who may need more intensive intervention."
Alcohol information pack: guide for offender managers
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wpcn
Alcohol Information Pack: Section 1: Probation Service's Role
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wpcp
Alcohol Information Pack: Section 2: General Alcohol Information
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wpcq
Alcohol Information Pack: Section 3: Specific Offender Groups and Issues
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wpcr
Alcohol Information Pack Section 4: Motivational Interventions
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wpcs
Alcohol Information Pack: Section 5: Routes into Treatment
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wpct

A Survey of Buprenorphine Misuse in Prisons / Ministry of Justice, July 2007
PDF - http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/survey-buprenorphine.pdf

Official statistics, public policy and public trust
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A (Statistics in Society), Volume 171, Number 2, April 2008 , pp. 323-346(24)http://digbig.com/4wpceHolt, D. Tim
"The question of public confidence in official statistics has been central to government statistical policy for the last 10 years. This year the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 was passed. The paper suggests key characteristics of the new arrangements that will be needed if public confidence in the official statistics outputs is to be strengthened. It is argued that this will depend on public confidence in the statistical system as a whole rather than just the new Board. The organisational structure of the UK statistical system is described and this is linked to the issue of public confidence. Finally the wider questions of evidence-based policy and the use of statistics and statistical thinking throughout government are discussed."
[Sub required]

Togo: Country of Origin Information Key Documents / BIA-RDS, 5 February 2008
DOC - http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs08/key-documents-togo-050208.doc

Sri Lanka: Country of Origin Information Report / BIA-RDS, 3 March 2008
DOC - http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs08/sri-lanka-050308.doc

Somalia: Country of Origin Information Report / BIA-RDS, 15 February 2008
DOC - http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs08/somalia-120308.doc

Pakistan: Country of Origin Information Report / BIA-RDS, 7 February 2008
DOC - http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs08/pakistan-120208.doc

Kuwait: Country of Origin Information Report / BIA-RDS, 18 February 2008
DOC - http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdf08/kuwait-050308.doc

Eritrea: Country of Origin Information Report / BIA-RDS, 18 February 2008
DOC - http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs08/eritrea-260208

The Development impact of the illegality of drug trade / World Bank, 3 March 2008
http://digbig.com/4wpbp
Keefer, Philip; Loayza, Norman V.; Soares, Rodrigo R
Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4543
"This essay reviews many of the less considered consequences of the war on drugs, particularly the consequences for developing countries, and weighs them against the evidence that exists regarding the likely efficacy of current strategies to curb drug use and trade."

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Country of Origin Information Report / BIA-RDS, 8 February 2008
DOC - http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs08/drcongo-130208.doc

Distinguishing Juvenile Homicide From Violent Juvenile Offending
International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, Vol. 52, No. 2, 158-174 (2008)
http://ijo.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/52/2/158?rss=1
Frank DiCataldo ; Meghan Everett
"Juvenile homicide is a social problem that has remained a central focus within juvenile justice research in recent years. Research has attempted to conceptualise adolescent murderers as a clinical category that can be reliably distinguished from their nonhomicidal counterparts. This study examined 33 adolescents adjudicated delinquent or awaiting trial for murder and 38 adolescents who committed violent, nonhomicidal offences to determine whether the two groups differed significantly on family history, early development, delinquency history, mental health, and weapon possession variables. Two key factors did distinguish the homicide group: These adolescents endorsed the greater availability of guns and substance abuse at the time of their commitment offences. The significance of this finding is discussed, and the implications for risk management and policy are reviewed."
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The Effect of Inmates' Self-Reported Childhood and Adolescent Animal Cruelty: Motivations on the Number of Convictions for Adult Violent Interpersonal Crimes
International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, Vol. 52, No. 2, 175-184 (2008)
http://ijo.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/52/2/175?rss=1
Christopher Hensley ; Suzanne E. Tallichet
"Based on a sample of 261 inmates at medium- and maximum-security prisons in a southern state, the present study examines the relationship among several retrospectively reported motives (anger, fun, dislike, and imitation) for animal cruelty and violent crime convictions (assault, rape, and murder). Almost half reported abusing animals out of anger, whereas more than one third did so for fun. Dislike for the animal and imitation were less frequently occurring motives. Participants who abused animals at an earlier age and those who did so out of anger or for fun were more likely to repeat the offense. Regression analyses revealed that abusing an animal out of fun in their youth was the most statistically salient motive for predicting later interpersonal violence as adults."
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Defense Styles of Pedophilic Offenders
International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, Vol. 52, No. 2, 185-195 (2008)
http://ijo.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/52/2/185?rss=1
Martin Drapeau ; Véronique Beretta ; Yves de Roten ; Annett Koerner ; Jean-Nicolas Despland
"This pilot study investigated the defence styles of paedophile sexual offenders. Results showed that paedophiles had a significantly lower overall defensive functioning score than the controls. Paedophiles used significantly fewer obsessional level defences but more major image-distorting and action-level defences. Results also suggested differences in the prevalence of individual defences where paedophiles used more dissociation, displacement, denial, autistic fantasy, splitting of object, projective identification, acting out, and passive aggressive behaviour but less intellectualisation and rationalisation."
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Pervasive Developmental Disorders and Criminal Behaviour: A Case Control Study
International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, Vol. 52, No. 2, 196-205 (2008)
http://ijo.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/52/2/196?rss=1
Svend Erik Mouridsen ; Bente Rich ; Torben Isager ; Niels Jørgen Nedergaard
"The prevalence and pattern of criminal behaviour in a population of 313 former child psychiatric in-patients with pervasive developmental disorders were studied."
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Aggression Control Therapy for Violent Forensic Psychiatric Patients: Method and Clinical Practice
International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, Vol. 52, No. 2, 222-233 (2008)
http://ijo.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/52/2/222?rss=1
Ruud H. J. Hornsveld ; Henk L. I. Nijman ; Clive R. Hollin ; Floor W. Kraaimaat
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Effectiveness of Sex Offender Treatment for Psychopathic Sexual Offenders
International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, Vol. 52, No. 2, 234-245 (2008)
http://ijo.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/52/2/234?rss=1
Dennis M. Doren ; Pamela M. Yates
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The Swedish action plan on narcotic drugs 2006–2010 / Sweden. Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, February 2008
PDF - http://www.sweden.gov.se/content/1/c6/09/88/53/49c4a92e.pdf

[USA] National Drug Control Strategy: 2008 Annual Report / White House, March 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wnya

[USA] Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Bill To Improve Mental Health Care For Prison Inmates / Medical News Today, 10 March 2008
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/99975.php

Conclusions from the Expert Meeting on the Follow-up of the Joint Frontex Europol Report on the High Risk Routes of Illegal Migration in the Western Balkan Countries within the Frontex Risk Analysis Network / Statewatch, 15 February 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wnxx
COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

[Canada] Sexual Orientation and Victimization: 2004 / Statistics Canada, March 2008
http://digbig.com/4wnxp
"Until recently, there were no national data on the extent to which gays, lesbians and bisexuals were victims of violent crime and discrimination, nor was there any national information about their fear of crime or their perceptions of the criminal justice system. This new report provides a profile of the extent to which gays, lesbians and bisexuals were victims of violent crime and spousal violence. It also provides national information about their perception of discrimination, their fear of crime and their perception of the criminal justice system."

[USA] THE DANGEROUS MENTALLY ILL OFFENDER PROGRAM: THREE-YEAR FELONY RECIDIVISM AND COST EFFECTIVENESS / Washington State Institute for Public Policy, February 2008
PDF - http://www.wsipp.wa.gov/rptfiles/08-02-1901.pdf
"Washington State’s DMIO program, enabled by the 1999 Legislature, identifies mentally ill prisoners who pose a threat to public safety and provides them services and treatment up to five years after their release from prison. This is an analysis of 172 DMIO participants three years after release from prison."

Points based immigration systems around the world / WorkPermit.com, 6 March 2008
http://digbig.com/4wnxb

Response to the 2007 Annual Report of the International Narcotics Control Board / IDPC, 5 MARCH 2008
PDF - http://idpc.info/php-bin/documents/IDPC_Response2INCB_AnnRpt07_EN.pdf

Citizenship: Our Common Bond / Ministry of Justice, 11 March 2008
PDF - http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/citizenship-report-full.pdf
Lord Goldsmith QC Citizenship Review

Forced marriage, family cohesion and community engagement: national learning through a case study of Luton / Equality in Diversity, March 2008
PDF - http://www.margaretmoran.org/pdf/FMReport.pdf
Dr Nazia Khanum OBE
"This project is one of three national pilots funded by the Home Office, and is the outcome of a partnership involving the Metropolitan Police Service and the office of Margaret Moran MP (for Luton South). It is the first time that comprehensive qualitative research has been carried out on forced marriage in Luton. It provides the national context, the local picture and a set of recommendations which should be implemented in the short, medium and long term to support victims and eradicate forced marriage. We hope that these recommendations will be reviewed by all statutory and voluntary agencies, nationally and locally."

[Canada] Study: Firearms and violent crime: 2006 / Statistics Canada, 20 February 2008
http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/080220/d080220b.htm
"The 2006 rate of violent crime involving the use of firearms in Canada remained stable for the fourth consecutive year. Canadian police services reported just over 8,100 victims of violent gun crime, ranging from assault to robbery and homicide, accounting for 2.4% of all victims of violence. Handguns made up nearly two-thirds of all firearms used."

Annual Report 2008: covering activities in 2007 / UNODC, March 2008
PDF - http://www.unodc.org/documents/about-unodc/AR08_WEB.pdf
"Drugs, crime and terrorism remain three of the greatest threats to the peace, security and well-being of humanity. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is therefore in high demand. Growing confidence in the ability of UNODC to help States confront these challenges was reflected in a healthy increase in voluntary contributions in 2007. Recognition of the valuable work that the Office is carrying out is growing in the media, the public and among peer organisations. The work carried out by UNODC in 2007 reaffirmed the merits of the Office’s three-pronged approach, which is based on research that ensures that policy is evidence based, a strong legal framework that helps States fight drugs, crime and terrorism according to the rule of law and an operational response that is made possible by the political ownership of the States concerned, technical assistance from UNODC headquarters and the involvement of the Office’s worldwide network of field offices."

Tackling antisocial behaviour in Scotland: An action framework for social housing practitioners and governing bodies / Joseph Rountree Foundation, 11 March 2008
http://www.jrf.org.uk/bookshop/eBooks/2181-antisocial-scotland-housing.pdf
Isobel Anderson and Alison Brown with Judy Nixon and Caroline Hunter

Chemical Dependency and the Family / Counsellor Magazine, 4 March 2008
http://www.counselormagazine.com/content/view/677/1/
Robert J. Ackerman

Tackling Retail Crime: Speech by Vernon Coaker at the Tackling Crime Retail Conference / Home Office, 6 March 2008
http://press.homeoffice.gov.uk/Speeches/VC-Speech-On-Retail-Crime

Government submits human rights report to United Nations / Ministry of Justice, 5 March 2008
"The United Kingdom has submitted a report to the United Nations on how it is fulfilling its human rights obligations, as part of the UN's periodic review of member states."
UK National Report
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wnsh

Why shouldn’t suicide be stigmatised? / Sp!ked.com, 7 March 2008
http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php?/site/earticle/4832/
Patrick West
"BBC1’s Surviving Suicide was poignant, but its non-judgementalism was symptomatic of today’s ambivalence about human life."

Meeting needs? The Offenders’ Learning and Skills Service: Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General / National Audit Office,
PDF - http://www.nao.org.uk/publications/nao_reports/07-08/0708310.pdf
HC 310 2007-2008
Executive Summary
PDF - http://www.nao.org.uk/publications/nao_reports/07-08/0708310es.pdf
"Many of the long standing problems in providing offenders with effective and useful learning and skills training have yet to be overcome following the establishment of the Offenders’ Learning and Skills Service (OLASS). Offenders who find employment upon their release are less likely to reoffend, which is why improving their training and skills could contribute to a reduction in crime levels..."

National Identity Scheme: Delivery Plan 2008 / Home Office, 6 March 2008
PDF - http://horizon/hot/documents/NIRDeliveryPlan.pdf
National Identity Scheme: Delivery Plan 2008: [Speech by Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith] / DEMOS, 6 March 2008
PDF - http://horizon/hot/documents/JSDemosSpeech.pdf

Introducing compulsory identity cards for foreign nationals / Home Office - BIA, 6 March 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wnse

Statistics of Mentally Disordered Offenders 2006: England and Wales / Ministry of Justice, 7 March 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wnsd
Ministry of Justice Statistical Bulletin
"This Bulletin is an annual publication which summarises information about people subject to restrictions admitted to, detained in or discharged from psychiatric hospitals. It includes figures for the period 1996-2006."

Crime and Communities Review – ‘Have your say’ [Questionnaire] / Cabinet Office, 7 March 2008
http://digbig.com/4wnsc
"The purpose of this Government review is to look at how the police and other organisations that share responsibility for tackling crime and anti-social behaviour (including Local Authorities, the Crown Prosecution Service, the Courts, the Probation Service, the Prison Service, and Youth Offending Teams) can best work together with local communities to reduce crime and raise public confidence.
The deadline to complete the questionnaire is Friday, 11 April 2008."

Regulations To Implement Council Regulation (Ec) 273/2004 On The Intra-Community Trade In Drug Precursors And Council Regulation (Ec) 111/2005 On The Community External Trade In Drug Precursors / Home Office, 8 March 2008
http://digbig.com/4wnqx

[USA] Asylum law and female genital mutilation: recent developments / Library of Congress, 15 February 2008
PDF - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RS22810.pdf

Frattini promotes intercultural dialogue against radicalisation / EUObserver, 7 March 2008
http://euobserver.com/879/25789/?rk=1
Teresa Küchler
"Justice commissioner Franco Frattini has said Europe should not fear Muslim immigration to the bloc and promoted children and education as the best ambassadors for understanding between different cultures in Europe."

Crimes of the Community: Honour-based violence in the UK / Centre for Social Cohesion, March 2008
PDF - http://www.socialcohesion.co.uk/pdf/CrimesOfTheCommunity.pdf
James Brandon and Salam Hafez

Why you should care that Jimmy Wales ignores reality / The Register, 6 March 2008
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/06/a_model_wikipedian/
Cade Metz
"Despite countless claims to the contrary, Wikipedia's so-called "ruling clique" has no qualms with changing the facts to suit their needs - both on Wikipedia and off. This is a problem.
Wikipedia is the eighth most popular site on the web. It has the power to tell the world what to believe. Type a few keywords into Google, and odds are, the free online encyclopedia will soon appear."
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Challenges and opportunities in identity assurance / HM Treasury, March 2008
PDF - http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/media/6/7/identity_assurance060308.pdf
Sir James Crosby

Why you should care that Jimmy Wales ignores reality / The Register, 6 March 2008
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/06/a_model_wikipedian/
Cade Metz
“Despite countless claims to the contrary, Wikipedia's so-called "ruling clique" has no qualms with changing the facts to suit their needs - both on Wikipedia and off. This is a problem.
Wikipedia is the eighth most popular site on the web. It has the power to tell the world what to believe. Type a few keywords into Google, and odds are, the free online encyclopedia will soon appear.”
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Review of criminality information / Home Office, March 2008
http://digbig.com/4wnnj
"This page gives information on the independent review of criminality information, which is examining how such information is recorded, used and shared in the interests of public protection."

Speech by Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary, on the importance of citizen focus and ‘people first’ policing at the National Conference for Senior Women in Policing / Home Office, 27th February 2008
http://press.homeoffice.gov.uk/Speeches/home-sec-speech-policing

Single border force to protect South Coast / Home Office, 4th March 2008
http://digbig.com/4wnnh
"Organised criminals trying to cheat their way through security at south coast ports are about to come up against a single border force. "

The impact of the Licensing Act 2003 on levels of crime
and disorder: an evaluation / Home Office, 4th March 2008
PDF - http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs08/horr04c.pdf
Research report 4

How Government is addressing sexual violence and abuse: Speech about sexual violence by Vernon Coaker, Home Office minister, to the London Criminal Justice Board in February 2008 / Home Office, 4th March 2008
http://press.homeoffice.gov.uk/Speeches/vc-speaks-to-lcjb
"This is a transcript of the speech by Home Office Minister Vernon Coaker to the London Criminal Justice Board in February 2008. He talks about the importance of preventing crime and supporting victims."

Ministry of Justice: Protecting the public: the work of the Parole Board report by the Comptroller and Auditor General / National Audit Office, 5th March 2008
Summary
PDF - http://www.nao.org.uk/publications/nao_reports/07-08/0708239es.pdf
Full report
PDF - http://www.nao.org.uk/publications/nao_reports/07-08/0708239.pdf
HC 239 2007-2008

Draft joint inspection report on the Crown Court 2004: Managing the business of the crown court: Listing and case management in the crown court / Ministry of Justice, 4th March 2008
PDF - http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/managing-business-crown-court.pdf
"A draft report on listing and case management in the Crown Court prepared by three criminal justice inspectorates - HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate, HM Magistrates' Courts Service Inspectorate and HM Inspectorate of Constabulary - following a joint inspection in 2003. The report was never finalised and is now being published under the Freedom of Information Act."

Speech by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, on the subject of European organised crime presented at the Conference on European Organised Crime / Home Office, 4th March 2008
http://press.homeoffice.gov.uk/Speeches/hs-speech-europe-org-crime?version=1
"This is a transcript of the speech by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith at the Conference on European Organised Crime on 4 March 2008. She talks about policy and practice in tackling organised crime. She also puts organised crime in an EU context."

Evaluation of the GP education pilot: health and work in general practice / Department for Work and Pensions, 5th March 2008
PDF - http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd5/rports2007-2008/rrep479.pdf
Dorothy Chang and Andrew Irving
Research Report No 479
"This report evaluates a pilot programme that aimed to drive up professional standards in general medical practice in the area of health and work. The goal was to help general practitioners better handle sickness absence management and help patients return to work."

Report of the International Narcotics Control Board for 2007 / International Narcotics Control Board, 5 March 2008
PDF - http://www.incb.org/pdf/annual-report/2007/en/annual-report-2007.pdf

Girls Don't Follow Trends in Marijuana Risk, Researchers Say / Join Together, 4 March 2008
http://digbig.com/4wnjn
"Risk of marijuana use among "deviance-prone" adolescent males tends to rise and fall with national drug-use trends, but the same is not true for girls. Deviance-prone girls are as likely to use marijuana during times where marijuana use is less popular. The research will appear in the March 2008 issue of the journal Prevention Science."

Early experiences of the Licensing Act 2003 in the East of England and Yorkshire and the Humber regions / Home Office - RDS, February 2008
Home Office Research Report 05
Summary
PDF - http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs08/horr05.pdf
Appendix A: Numbers and methods
PDF - http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs08/horr05appa.pdf
Appendix B: Levels and timing of crime and disorder
PDF - http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs08/horr05appb.pdf

Evaluation of the Impact of the Licensing Act 2003 / DCMS, 4 March 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wneb
Appendix A: The impact of the Licensing Act 2003 on levels of crime and disorder: an evaluation / Home Office, March 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wnec
Home Office Research Report 04
Appendix B: Scrutiny Council Initiative: Progress Report 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wnee
Appendix C: Licensing Act 2003: Impact on terminal hour by market segment (i.e. actual closing times) / Compiled by CGA Strategy for the DCMS, November 2007
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wnef

Media resistance skills and drug skill refusal techniques: What is their relationship with alcohol use among inner-city adolescents
Addictive Behaviors, Volume 33, Issue 4, April 2008, Pages 528-537 http://digbig.com/4wndt
Jennifer A. Epstein, and Gilbert J. Botvin
"The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of media resistance skills on subsequent drinking among adolescents residing in inner-city regions of New York City. The study also tested whether drug skill refusal techniques (knowing how to say no to alcohol and other drugs) mediated the relationship between media resistance skills and adolescent drinking."
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Alcohol Dependence And Abuse A Major Health Problem In The United States / Medical News Today, 29 February 2008
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/99002.php
"Now the third-leading lifestyle-related cause of death in the United States, excessive drinking accounts for 75,000 deaths each year. Such high numbers have raised awareness about the ill effects of excessive drinking, even as treatment for alcohol dependence and abuse as part of the normal medical practice, have become more common. Going forward, the prevalence of alcohol dependence expects to decrease in the United States, but that of alcohol abuse looks as if it will increase."
U.S. Alcohol Dependence and Abuse Pharmaceuticals Market - Therapeutic Overview and Patient Outlook / Frost and Sullivan, 22 February 2008
http://digbig.com/4wnds

[USA] ‘Resurrected,’ but still wallowing in red tape / MSNBC, 29 February 2008
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23378093/
Alex Johnson and Nancy Amons
"Government records incorrectly kill off thousands, and there’s no easy fix."

Review of the Forum for Preventing Deaths in Custody: Report of the Independent Reviewer / Ministry of Justice, February 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wncr
Robert Fulton

Criminals automate security testing / Tech World, 3 March 2008
http://www.techworld.com/security/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=11592
John E. Dunn
"Cyber-criminals are starting to resemble the legitimate software industry to such an extent that they even pre-test malware applications for effectiveness before rolling them out."

Study: The 2006 Canadian immigrant labour market: Analysis by region or country of birth / Statistics Canada, 13 February 2008
http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/080213/d080213b.htm
"Immigrants born in Southeast Asia, particularly those from the Philippines, had the strongest labour market performance of all immigrants to Canada in 2006, regardless of when they landed in the country."

BBC Tees tackles anti-social behaviour / BBC, 21 February 2008
http://digbig.com/4wnce
"Thousands of pounds are being spent every day in the fight to make the streets a safer place to be, but what works and what doesn't? BBC Tees is asking people who live and work in the region to share their views and first-hand experiences of the problems and solutions being tried. As part of a wider BBC North East & Cumbria investigation into anti-social behaviour across the region, BBC Tees is offering people the opportunity to talk directly to the Redcar MP and Solicitor General, Vera Baird QC MP, and Cleveland's Chief Constable, Sean Price, in a live, on-air discussion at Marske Leisure Centre on Friday 29 February from 9.00 to 10.00am."

National School of Government identifies complex challenges facing government / Public Technology, 27 February 2008
http://digbig.com/4wncc
"The new National School of Government Portfolio for 2008-9, which carries details of the organisation’s learning and development provision, paints a picture of the diverse and complex challenges facing government and the evolution of a dynamic and increasingly plural response, according to Principal and Chief Executive Robin Ryde. He explained: “Each year, the National School Portfolio holds up a mirror to the ambitions and preoccupations of government and the evolution of new approaches towards them. As well as the usual provision of training titles for leaders, managers and professionals working in government, this year’s Portfolio highlights the importance of cross-cutting approaches as enshrined in the 30 new Public Service Agreements, and of the need for fresh approaches to learning."

An Instinct for Detection: Psychological Perspectives on CCTV Surveillance
The Police Journal, Volume: 80 Issue: 4, November 2007, Page(s): 287-305
http://www.atypon-link.com/VAT/doi/abs/10.1350/pojo.2007.80.4.287
K. C. Scott-Brown, P. D. J. Cronin
"The aim of this article is to inform and stimulate a proactive, multidisciplinary approach to research and development in surveillance-based detective work."
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Community Responses to Local Drug Use
The Police Journal, Volume: 80 Issue: 4, November 2007, Page(s): 306-318
http://www.atypon-link.com/VAT/doi/abs/10.1350/pojo.2007.80.4.306
Mark Mason
"This study sets out to examine what drugs users feel about different styles of intervention and what effect these might have on their drug-use behaviour. Responses indicated a level of ‘entrenched-ness’ of drug use among some of the sample, suggesting that very little would deter them from taking drugs in any way. However, there was a noteworthy number of respondents who indicated that they were clearly influenced by local communities. It is suggested that Neighbourhood Policing (NP) presents an opportunity within a framework of police–community liaison to achieve a sustained impact on community drug problems."

Co-Offending in UK Police Recorded Crime Data
The Police Journal, Volume: 80 Issue: 4, November 2007, Page(s): 333-353
http://www.atypon-link.com/VAT/doi/abs/10.1350/pojo.2007.80.4.333
Beth Hodgson
"This article examines patterns of co-offending in UK police recorded crime statistics over a five-year period between 1998 and 2003. The data comprised 110,323 cleared offences in one of four police districts in South Yorkshire. It was found that the probability of co-offending increases with the length of the criminal career; the proportion of offences involving co-offenders decreases as the criminal career progresses; and the proportion of solo offending increases with increasing age."
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Sexual assault crisis centre workers' perceptions of law enforcement: defining the situation from a systems perspective
International Journal of Police Science and Management, Volume: 10 Issue: 1, March 2008, Page(s): 23-35
http://www.atypon-link.com/VAT/doi/abs/10.1350/ijps.2008.10.1.23
Brian K. Payne, R. Alan Thompson
"To date, the literature tends to be rife with research examining individuals' perceptions of the police. Missing from this research were two types of studies: (1) those examining how certain types of professionals perceive the problems they have collaborating with law enforcement; and (2) those examining the consequences of those perceptions. This study addressed that void by considering how 44 sexual assault crisis workers described their experiences in collaborating with law enforcement agencies."
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Why we trussed the police: police governance and the problem of trust
International Journal of Police Science and Management, Volume: 10 Issue: 1, March 2008, Page(s): 51-64
http://www.atypon-link.com/VAT/doi/abs/10.1350/ijps.2008.10.1.51
Stan Gilmour
"The paradox running through this paper concerns the relationship between society and the police whereby, in order to trust that the police will not abuse their power, the public invariably ensure they are trussed. Central to this is the question of how, in thinking about police governance, can trust be acknowledged as a fundamental feature of police relationships, and how can trust be activated to ensure that the police are regarded as legitimate? This highlights a further paradox, whereby the institution charged with trussing the police, the government, is also a major beneficiary of the security which the police bring. At issue is a statement of the underlying principles which make for a more democratically responsive police service."
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Knowledge management in law enforcement: knowledge views for patrolling police officers
International Journal of Police Science and Management, Volume: 10 Issue: 1, March 2008, Page(s): 76-88
http://www.atypon-link.com/VAT/doi/abs/10.1350/ijps.2008.10.1.76
Stefan Holgersson, Petter Gottschalk, Geoff Dean
"This paper describes and classifies different types of knowledge that are a part of police patrol officers' practice. Even though an intervention usually forces a police officer to apply several different knowledge types, this paper discusses different forms of professional knowledge separately to enable categorisation. This paper presents a polarisation into two knowledge management perspectives: the theoretical knowledge view and the street-level knowledge view respectively."
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The Behavioural analysis interview: clarifying the practice, theory and understanding of its use and effectiveness
International Journal of Police Science and Management, Volume: 10 Issue: 1, March 2008, Page(s): 101-118
http://www.atypon-link.com/VAT/doi/abs/10.1350/ijps.2008.10.1.101
Frank Horvath, J.P. Blair, Joseph P. Buckley
"The Behavioural Analysis Interview (BAI) is the only questioning method that has been developed specifically to help investigators sort those who are likely to be ‘guilty’ from those who are not. In its typical application the BAI is a pre-interrogation interview that is used to focus interrogational effort; however, it also can be used independently in order to circumscribe investigative efforts in those cases in which there is a fixed and relatively large number of ‘suspects’. In this paper an overview of the BAI process is provided and the findings and limitations of the extant bodies of field and laboratory research on the BAI are discussed. The paper concludes with suggestions to guide future research on the BAI."
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[Scotland] Turning up the Volume: The Vulnerable Witness Officer Pilots: Final Report for the Scottish Government / Scottish Parliament, 25 February 2008
PDF - http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/211032/0055774.pdf
Sue Morris, Patsy Richards, Eddie Richards
[Scotland] Turning up the Volume: The Vulnerable Witness Officer Pilots: Research Findings / Scottish Parliament, 25 February 2008
PDF - http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/211057/0055775.pdf
Sue Morris, Patsy Richards, Eddie Richards

WHO Multi-country Study on Women's Health and Domestic Violence against Women: Initial results on prevalence, health outcomes and women's responses / World Health Organisation, January 2008
http://www.who.int/gender/violence/who_multicountry_study/en/index.html

Health and Prisoner Reentry: How Physical, Mental, and Substance Abuse Conditions Shape the Process of Reintegration / Urban Institute, 26 February 2008
http://www.urban.org/publications/411617.html
Kamala Mallik-Kane, Christy Visher

[Netherlands] Neighborhood Characteristics and Individual Homicide Risks: Effects of Social Cohesion, Confidence in the Police, and Socioeconomic Disadvantage
Homicide Studies, Vol. 12, No. 1, 90-116 (2008)
http://hsx.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/12/1/90
Paul Nieuwbeerta ; Patricia L. McCall ; Henk Elffers ; Karin Wittebrood
"This study tests hypotheses on the relationship between characteristics of neighbourhoods in the Netherlands (their socioeconomic disadvantage, social cohesion, and residents' confidence in the police) and the likelihood of homicide victimisation."
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The Wisdom of the Chaperones: Digg, Wikipedia, and the myth of Web 2.0 democracy / Slate, 22 February 2008
http://slate.com/id/2184487
Chris Wilson
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Employers on ‘suicide watch’ after Lords ruling on ex-employee suicide / Personnel Today, 28 February 2008
http://digbig.com/4wnar
Mike Berry
"Employers could be held liable for the suicides of ex-employees after a landmark ruling by the House of Lords."

Facial fiction becoming fact / Officer.com, January 2008
http://digbig.com/4wnaq
Andrew Langerman
"Facial recognition tecnhologies continue to improve in performance
Millions of people have tuned in to "24" and watched Jack Bauer take a picture of a suspect's face, send it to his central office and within seconds get an ID of someone on a watch list. Today, this fiction is reality, thanks to the increasing usefulness and effectiveness of facial recognition technology."

Crime, Corrections, and California: What Does Immigration Have to Do with It?
California Counts: population trends and profiles, Volume 9 Number 3 • February 2008
PDF - http://www.ppic.org/content/pubs/cacounts/CC_208KBCC.pdf
Kristin F. Butcher and Anne Morrison Piehl with research support from Jay Liao
"Few issues are as contentious as immigration and crime. Concern over the effects of immigration on crime is longstanding, and bans against criminal aliens constituted some of the earliest restrictions on immigration to the United States (Kanstroom, 2007). More recently, policies adopted in the mid-1990s greatly expanded the scope of acts for which noncitizens may be expelled from the United States. Even so, many calls to curtail immigration, particularly illegal immigration, appeal to public fears about immigrants’ involvement in criminal activities. Are such fears justified?"

The Cybercrime Service Economy / Harvard Business Blog, 1 February 2008
http://digbig.com/4wnap
Scott Berinato
"Anyone who doubts that internet commerce faces serious threats from online criminals should consider this: Criminal hacking has spawned a full-blown service economy—one that supports growing legions of relatively lower-skilled but fulsomely larcenous hackers."

12 Steps to Stop Scapegoating in Your Company / Harvard Business Blog, 20 February 2008
http://digbig.com/4wnan
Gill Corkindale
"Have you ever watched as a work colleague has been blamed, exposed or dismissed for the mistakes of their boss or colleague? What have been the effects on the individual and their colleagues? How has it been handled?"

Increases in Poisoning and Methadone-Related Deaths: United States, 1999-2005 / US. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 20 February 2008
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/pubs/pubd/hestats/poisoning/poisoning.htm
Lois A. Fingerhut
"In 2005, poisoning remained the second leading cause of injury death in the United States, after surpassing firearms for the first time in 2004. The vast majority of poisoning deaths are due to unintentional drug overdoses. Narcotic-related deaths have played the largest role in the increase in all poisoning deaths from 1999 to 2005 (the years for which data are available). They accounted for 56 percent of all poisoning deaths in 2005, increasing from 50 percent in 1999. Their absolute numbers increased 84 percent over the 7 years. Methadone-related deaths have increased more than other narcotic-related deaths."

Report: 1 In Every 99 Americans Now Behind Bars / WCBSTV, 28 February 2008
http://wcbstv.com/national/prison.americans.prison.2.665053.html
"US Spent More Than $49 Billion On Corrections In 2007"

[USA] DASIS: Marital Status and Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions: 2005. / US. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, January 2008
http://ncadistore.samhsa.gov/catalog/productDetails.aspx?ProductID=17755

Childhood sexual abuse and non-suicidal self-injury: meta-analysis
British Journal of Psychiatry (2008) 192: 166-170
http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/abstract/192/3/166?etoc
E. David Klonsky and Anne Moyer
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Drugs: protecting families and communities: How we are working to tackle drugs / Home Office, February 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wnam

[USA] 2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report / US. Department of State, February 2008
Volume I: Drug and Chemical Control
http://www.state.gov/p/inl/rls/nrcrpt/2008/vol1/
Volume II: Money Laundering and Financial Crimes
http://www.state.gov/p/inl/rls/nrcrpt/2008/vol2/
"The International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) is an annual report by the Department of State to Congress prepared in accordance with the Foreign Assistance Act. It describes the efforts of key countries to attack all aspects of the international drug trade in Calendar Year 2007."

THE INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD: CURRENT TENSIONS AND OPTIONS FOR REFORM / INTERNATIONAL DRUG POLICY CONSORTIUM, FEBRUARY 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4wnah
IDPC BRIEFING PAPER 7

[Australia] Supporting the families of young people with problematic drug use : investigating support options / Australian National Council on Drugs, January 2008
PDF - http://www.ancd.org.au/publications/pdf/rp15_supporting_families.pdf
Sally Frye ; Sharon Dawe ; Paul Harnett ; Sascha Kowalenko ; Moana Harlen
ANCD research paper

[Canada] Recovering addicts often a workplace plus
Business Edge, 22 February 2008 - Vol. 8, No. 4
http://www.businessedge.ca/article.cfm/newsID/17242.cfm
Laura Severs
"Treatment helps employees come back stronger, insiders say"

[USA] Strategies to control bupe abuse outlined / Baltimore Sun, 23 February 2008
http://digbig.com/4wnag
Doug Donovan and Fred Schulte
"Amid growing illegal sales and abuse of buprenorphine, top federal officials outlined yesterday action they might take to curb problems with the addiction-treatment drug, including more precise detection methods, improved training of doctors and stronger warning labels for patients."

'Tamper-proof' chip and PIN terminals hacked / silicon.com, 27 February 2008
http://www.silicon.com/financialservices/0,3800010322,39170202,00.htm
Tom Espiner
"Cambridge University researchers steal PIN numbers and card details."

Why no united front on cyber crime? / Silicon.com, 27 February 2008
http://management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,39170197,00.htm
Simon Moores
"Divided we fall…
The threat of terrorism is soaking up funds badly needed to combat cyber crime. So how big does the problem have to become before governments act?"

'Out of office' messages turned into spam relays / TechDirt, 26 February 2008
http://www.techworld.com/security/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=11544
Matthew Broersma
"Spammers have found a new trick that gets around many current anti-spam filters: abusing the "out of the office" auto-respond feature found in legitimate webmail services."